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3.9.1 Showing Transect Lines
Use the Transect Drawing Control to display and modify the transect lines.
  1. Under the Transects menu select Edit.
  2. The Transect Drawing Control is a modified drawing control that allows you to see what a Transect View is viewing and create and modify new transect lines.
  3. The bright green line is the transect that the Transect View is showing.
  4. Try zooming and panning in the Transect View and see what happens.
  5. Change the projection in the Map View with Projections->Predefined->Use Displayed Area
  6. Create some new transect lines.
    • From the Controls tab choose the Create a Transect mode .
    • Draw a number of transect lines in the Map View.
    • Select the Shapes tab and click on different rows and see what happens.
    • Double click on one of the transect rows and change its name and start/end labels.
  7. Show multiple Transect Views.
    • Create another Transect View with File->New->View Window->Transect View->One Pane
    • Change the transect it is using through its Transect menu.
    • In the Transect Drawing Control click off Show Transects
    • Remove this new view window.

 


Table of contents Frames User guide
Unidata IDV Workshop for version 3.0u2 > Accessing and Displaying Data > Transect Views